PM given until Friday to respond to No Confidence motion

Tonga's Prime Minister and his Cabinet must respond to a Motion for a Vote of No Confidence before midday on Friday - a deadline set by the Speaker when the House reopened this morning. Instead of proceeding with its work today, the House has adjourned until Tuesday 3 December. The Prime Minister said that no one would pay attention to the agenda while there was a submission “on the intention to bring down this Government.”